Plasticity of grasshopper vitellogenin production in response to diet is primarily a result of changes in fat body mass

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-34

  Hatle, John D ^a,b   Waskey Jr , Tony ^a,c   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental canalization; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Resource allocation; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIET; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HEMOLYMPH; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; VITELLOGENINS;

ROMALEA MICROPTERA;

EID: 28944447131     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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